Wendy Cooling ,the founder of Bookstart received an MBE for her services to children’s books on June 2nd 2009. A wonderful recognition of her inspirational and long lasting work in the world of children’s books.
National Children’s Book Week and the Children’s Book Foundation were also started by Wendy, as she could see that getting children and books together was a real need and had so much to offer.
Reading for pleasure, for children and parents is great for all sorts of reasons. Wendy has always promoted a love of reading and has done so much to make sure that books are available for all parents and children.
In 2006, Wendy won the Eleanor Farjeon Award for her outstanding services to the world of children’s books.
And the good work continues in book reviews and in working with children on numerous reading related projects, Wendy makes sure that children’s books have the place they deserve.
You can visit the home page of Dolphin Booksellers. Bringing information about the best in children’s books direct to you. Working with authors and illustrators in school book events and supporting literacy projects in a community nearby.
Ifeoma Onyefulu is more than just a children’s writer. Her books show the colour and vibrance of Africa just as it is, a wealth of culture and life that produce riches all of their own.
Other titles she has written are A is for Africa, which is a complete alphabet of places in Africa. (
At a Children’s Centre opening, where we were holding a City Story event. Ifeoma was famously doing some games with the children on the floor. Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children and Families was opening the Centre and he joined in too, as well as the head teacher.